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PhotoHunt: Fruit

Clementines are one of my favorite winter fruits. These were for sale on the green grocer barge close to San Barnaba in Venice.

Also in Venice, a relief with five pomegranates (another favorite fruit in the winter time)~

I think these are apples or maybe peaches. This relief is in the Rialto Market area of Venice and a few hundred years ago, it was the emblem of the fruit-sellers' guild (Confraternita dei Fruttarioli) whose headquarters were here.

Persimmons? This was taken in December so it's another winter fruit. The dome in the background belongs to the church of San Rocco.

Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend. :)

See a list of upcoming Saturday Photo Hunting themes on Gattina's website here.

You persimmon pic reminds me of the time my mother and I were strolling around the grounds of a palace in Seoul when we came across a blooming persimmon tree. We didn't expect to see it and initially thought the fruit were oranges! ;b